Junkers Luftverkehr Persien

Junkers Vehrkehr Persien

At first we should know more about Junkers (1895 – 1969)

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Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM), more commonly Junkers, was a major German aircraft manufacturer. It produced some of the world’s most innovative and best-known airplanes over the course of its fifty-plus year history in Dessau, Germany. It was founded there in 1895 by Hugo Junkers, initially manufacturing boilers and radiators. During World War I, and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft. During World War II the company produced some of the most successful Luftwaffe planes, as well as piston and jet aircraft engines, albeit in the absence of its founder, who by then had been removed by the Nazis.

and what was  Junkers Luftverkehr Persien ?

Junkers Luftverkehr Persien

Main Business:
Airline operations at Persia and Middle East

Management Positions:
1927 – 1932 Kurt Weil, head of Junkers Luftverkehr Persien

Facilities:
based at Teheran

  • Assignment of aviation concession (monopoly) to the “Junkers Luftverkehr Persien” for 5 years : Tuesday , February , 9 , 1926
  • 1927 Hugo Junkers is authorized by the Persian Government to setup an airline operation in Persia
  • Assignment of “Teheran-Mashhad” post airmail to the “Junkers Luftverkehr Persien” : Tuesday , April , 23 , 1929
  • 1932 Junkers Luftverkehr Persien dissolved as a consequence of the World Economic Crisis of 1932.

Aircraft used by Junkers-Luftverkehr in Persia

C/n (serial no) Code In service (of Junkers LV Persien) Nickname/Name Source Notes
German From To
Junkers F 13
569 JL-6  de  f1e D-1183 also N-….  R-RECA  R-RECG  R-RECK  Dz-30  D-OLOF 12.24 .27 ‘Albatros’ P0001 Ex-Jlag Moscow. Sold in Germany
614 D-0254 also R-RECE RR-ECE 11.24 7.25 ‘Papagei’ P0001 Ex-Jlag Moscow. Sold to Persian A/F
630 D-0214 also R-RECF  CCCP-194 ‘Dompfaff’ M0005/5/99  P0001
643 D-0231 also RR-ECC 11.24 .33 ‘Wachtel’ P0001 Ex-Jlag Moscow. Stored 12.32. Cx 9.33
651 d1e D-0265 also A-106  RR-ECI 11.24 2.29 ‘Bremse’ B0256 P0001 Ex-Jlag Moscow. To Junkers. Sold in Germany.
693 D-1304 also RR-ECG (2) 12.24 .33 Möwe P0001 Ex-Jlag Moscow. Stored 12.32. Cx 9.33.
800 D-1071 also C-RBIM  CV-JAC  YR-AAF 4.27 7.28 Gabelschwalbe P0001 To Junkers, sold as C-RBIM.
2001 D-1126 6.27 9.33 ‘Zwergspecht’ P0001 To Junkers, sold to DVS.
Junkers W 33
794 b D-0921 prototype 8.27 .33 ‘Schildkrähe’ M0006/6/2006 M0006/2/2008 P0001 Stored 12.33. Sold to Fr Zitzmann 1934, seized by Government 1939
2505 b D-1197 Later D-OBAL 12.28 8.33 Europa’  ‘BolBol’ M0006/2/2008 P0001 To Junkers, sold to DVS
2526 b D-1590 5.29 9.33 ‘Tuti’ P0001 To Junkers, sold to DVS
2535 c D-1630 6.29 7.33 ‘Oghab’ M0006/2/2008 P0001 To Junkers, sold to DVS
2577 D D-1684 12.29 9.33 ‘Gomri’ M0006/2/2008 P0001 To Junkers, sold to DVS

* Sure there were other Junkers used by Persian Air Force or other parts like Junkers F 13 “Mazanderan” or “Gilan” that you can find them in databases .

Now you can see here some old photos of Junkers airplanes in Iran (Persia).

1925_One of Junkers LV Persien F 13 s with Soviet identifier in Teheran Junkers F 13 D-0231 (RR-ECC) or 643 (was named ‘Wachtel’) that was used from 11.1924 to 1933 in Iran.1923 F 13 of Junkers LV Russland in TeheranJunkers in Teheran1928 Junkers in Teheran-newJunkers W 33 b D-1197 (D-OBAL) or 2505 (was named ‘BolBol’ بلبل – in English : Nightingale) that was used from 12.1928 to 8.1933 in Iran. 27 Jan 1925_Junkers A 20 in bushihrJunkers in Teheran1junkers in teheran 1924 1925JJunkers LV Persien_Iranian Airline Industry SiteAnother photo of Junkers F 13 D-0231 (RR-ECC) or 643 (was named ‘Wachtel’) that was used from 11.1924 to 1933 in Iran. you can find also another picture of this airplane in Isfahan down a bit .Junkers W 33 D-1684 Gomri of Junkers-Luftverkehr. One can only ponder over what the man with the stick is doing! (Volker Koos)Junkers W 33 D D-1684 or 2577 (was named ‘Gomri’ قمری – in English : Dove ; Pigeon; Columbidae;) that was used from 12.1929 to 9.1933 in Iran.Junkers W 33 with serial number 'J7'Junkers_F13_in_Tehranjunkers-w 33 piloten_Mercenary pilots in PersiaThis Junkers A 20 two-seater was the second aircraft of that type in Iran. It is photographed here in Germany before the delivery flight to Tehran in the autumn of 1925. (Günther Ott)Two different aircraft were registered R-RECG (cns 569 and 693)Junkers-Luftverkehr used a total of ten Junkers F 13s in the Soviet Union before the company moved its activities to PersiaTwo Junkers F 13s were acquired from the Soviet Union in 1924. A machine gun stand was a rare feature on the F 13, which was normally a passenger transport. The two aircraft in the background are R-1sjunkers in iranJunkers F 13 d1e D-0265(RR-ECI) or 651 (was named ‘Bremse’) that was used from 11.1924 to 2.1929 in Iran.

Below photo is from ARYA Philatelic collection (https://www.facebook.com/pages/ARYA-Philatelic/196073273757477?fref=ts)

junkers f 13 isfahanThis is another photo of Junkers F 13 D-0231 (RR-ECC) or 643 (was named ‘Wachtel’) that was used from 11.1924 to 1933 in Iran . This photo was taken in Isfahan

And this is Junkers Luftverkehr Persien Routing of 1930
(from R.E.G. Davies: Lufthansa – an Airline and its Aircraft)

junkers lv persien route map 1

  • 1927 : Teheran – Hamadan – Kermanshah – Baghdad
  • 1928 : Teheran – Isfahan – Shiraz – Bushire
  • 1928 : Teheran – Pahlevi – Baku
  • 1929 : Teheran – Meshed
  • 1930 : Teheran – Kazvin -Tabriz

And another one from Junkers Brochure

Route map junkers lv persienFrom Baku To :

  • Tiflis ,Botum by rail
  • Moscow-Berlin by plane and rail

From Baghdad To :

  • Cospoli etc by rail
  • Beyruth by motor
  • Cairo etc by plane

There are here some letters that were carried by Junkers LV Perien .
(you can also refer to the “Behruz Nassre” letters collection with subject “Junkers Aviation in Iran” )

Junkers Persien L1Junkers Persien L2Junkers Persien L15Junkers Persien L19

The plane on the Junkers LV Persien label is The F 13 , that you can see in the below picture

Junkers LV Persien label 1Junkers LV Persien label 2Also you can see F 13 as overprint on these two series of persian stamps that were used for airmail . in the first serie , you can see ” پست هوایی  poste-e-havayi : airmail ” word with Nasta’liq script in the otherone with Naskh script – 1928

junkers persian f 13 airmail stamps 1

havaeeYou can see here also This german language newsletter with a article about Junkers in Teheran with 3 photos

Junkers LV Persian NewsletterYou can read more

  • In English
  1.  http://forum.pakistanidefence.com/?showtopic=40511
  2. http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/history_iranian_air_transportation_industry.php
  3. http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/d-numbers.html
  4.  http://www.geocities.ws/hjunkers/ju_f13pl.htm
  5.  http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_D-a16.html
  6. http://hugojunkers.pytalhost.com/ju_f13_p1.htm
  7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers
  8. http://hugojunkers.pytalhost.com/ju_w33_p1.htm
  9. http://www.artiklar.z-bok.se/Iran-1.html
  10. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aviation-history#pt2
  11.  http://www.iranphilately.org/exhibits_bne/junkers-aviation-in-persia-1924-30/
  12.  http://hugojunkers.pytalhost.com/ju_jlvpersia_a1.htm
  13. https://www.facebook.com/pages/ARYA-Philatelic/196073273757477?fref=ts
  14. http://www.iranphilately.org/exhibits_bne/junkers-aviation-in-persia-1924-30/
  •  In Russian
  1. http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft30134.htm
  • In German
  1. http://www.junkers.de/kalenderblatt/september-1923-einstellung-des-luftverkehrs-auf-der-strecke-moskau-tiflis
  2. http://www.junkers.de/kalenderblatt/mittelholzers-persienflug-forts-smyrna-konstantinopel-bagdad-17-stunden
  3. http://www.junkers.de/kalenderblatt/25-juni-1919-erstflug-der-junkers-f-13
  4. http://www.junkers.de/flugzeuge/junkers-f-13
  5. http://www.junkers.de/kalenderblatt/das-silvesterabenteuer-mit-einer-junkers-f-13-russland-vor-84-jahren
  6. http://www.gerhards-markenseite.de/f13/f13%20%281927%292.html
  7. http://www.kriegsreisende.de/relikte/junkers-w33.htm
  8. http://www.gerhards-markenseite.de/f13/f13%20%281928%20bis%201929%29.html
  • In Persian
  1.  http://www.aja.ir/portal/Home/Default.aspx?CategoryID=448a399a-11bd-412c-923c-a0366f519cf3
  2. http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
  3. http://www.mspir.ir/sarfaslha/tarikh/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%86/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B9-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
  4. http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/91944
  5. http://www.military.ir/forums/topic/9111-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/
  6. http://aviation.persianblog.ir/page/29
  7. http://fa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:Majlis_Melli_5.pdf&page=318
  8. http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/91101
  9. http://www.aerospacetalk.ir/vb/showthread.php/42347-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-1924-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85
  10.  http://worldiranstamps.blogfa.com/category/4

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Mahdi Leilaz 12.20.2013 Vienna

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